Ideal Classroom
In addition to the vision deck and video applicants were required to create and submit for the Google Certified Innovator application, we also had to design our ideal classroom. I wanted to share that piece of my […]
2015 in Review: Top 10 on Talk Tech With Me
As the final hours of 2015 wind down, I wanted to do a quick reflection on my year. A lot has changed for me over this past year. I was accepted as a Google Education Trainer (end […]
Google Certified Innovator Application
Yesterday I submitted my application for the Google Certified Innovator program. There are likely hundreds of applicants, and they are only accepting around 30 people this round, so I’m not holding my breath. I did […]
11 Tips to Get your Google Ready to Go Back to School
I originally wrote the post 11 Tips to Get your Google Ready to Go Back to School 2015 for my company blog at Forward Edge. It contains 11 tips to set up your Google Apps for […]
Equity with EdTech
Today I was preparing for an Appy Hour (weekly professional development) on Piktochart and infographics, when I stumbled across this old infographic I created in one of my favorite graduate classes (Leadership in a Diverse Society) […]
Brewing the Perfect PD Potion: ISTE 2015
This year I’ll be presenting at the ISTE 2015 Ed Tech Coaches Playground: Cast a Spell for Learning! I’ll be doing a session from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. on Brewing the Perfect PD Potion. Through research […]
Coffee with a Geek Conversation
After meeting Andrew Wheelock at OETC 15, he contacted me to do a Google Hangout interview as part of his Coffee with a Geek series. It was really fun getting to talk to him about my […]
Plickers: an Awesome Assessment Tool Requiring Only One Device
During mid-February at Ohio’s educational technology conference, I learned about an awesome assessment tool that only requires the teacher to have a device: Plickers. While I am a proponent of getting students on devices as […]
#EdTechChat Recap: February 23, 2015
Last week I decided to start writing a quick blog post after each Twitter chat to summarize what I got out of it and what I want to check out. This is two-fold. First, to help me […]
4 Reasons to Use Google Chrome Over Other Internet Browsers
When I’m working with teachers and administrators, they often run into some problems on the Internet. Then I notice they are still using Internet Explorer. I try convincing people to use Google Chrome instead of […]